Language name and location: Yopno, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. kɑloŋɨ |
2. bɑmorɨ |
3. kɑplɨ |
4. embɑmot embɑmot (2+2) |
5. kɨsit kɨndɑ (litː ''hand half'') |
6. kɨsit kɨndɑ kɑloŋɨ (litː ''hand half and one'') |
7. kɨsit kɨndɑ bɑmorɨ |
8. kɨsit kɨndɑ kɑplɨ |
9. kɨsit kɨndɑ embɑmot embɑmot |
10. kɨsit bɑmot (litː ''hands two'')? |
11. kɨsit bɑmot kɑloŋɨ |
12. kɨsit bɑmot bɑmorɨ |
13. kɨsit bɑmot kɑplɨ |
14. kɨsit bɑmot embɑmot embɑmot |
15. kɨsit bɑmot kɑndɑp kɨndɑ (litː ''hands two leg half'')? |
16. kɨsit bɑmot kɑndɑp kɨndɑ kɑloŋɨ |
17. kɨsit bɑmot kɑndɑp kɨndɑ bɑmorɨ |
18. kɨsit bɑmot kɑndɑp kɨndɑ kɑplɨ |
19. kɨsit bɑmot kɑndɑp kɨndɑ embɑmot embɑmot |
20. ɑmɨn obɑ (litː ''foot-hand finish'')? |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Wes Reed,
SIL-International, Papua New Guinea,
June
8, 2011. |
Other comments: Yopno is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in Finisterre range area, Madang and Morobe provincial borders, Papua New Guinea. The Tapmange dialect of Yopno has a counting system with a basic numeral set (1, 2, 3), 4 has a '2 plus 2' construction up to 20.. |
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